Mutiny in India and daring escape through bamboo thicket
The narrative recounts the 1857 Indian mutiny with Colonel Pratt’s regime, the massacre at Allahabad, the escape by a junior officer aided by Pooniah, and Baden Singh’s betrayal. It also weaves in Jacob and Rachel’s marriage tale and a tale of John Van Buren’s visit to England and a playful royal court anecdote.
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India
Pratt
Delhi
Allahabad
Ganges
Sahib
Bonden Singh
Allah
Baden Singh
Pooniah
Hindoo
Mussulman
John Lawrence
Agra
England
John van Buren
United States
Funkeys
Buckingham Palace
Prince John
John
Tere Sam
Gath
Rascal
Maine lover defies rebuffs in coastal town tale
In a Maine seaboard town Jacob woos Rachel despite repeated refusals. He vows to win her and prove her affection to all. Rachel retorts she will marry him only after he convinces others of her feelings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob
Rachel
John
Seaboard
Maine
Are Twice Two Four and the Damara Sheep Bargain
An anecdote from Mr. Frank Galton about buying two sheep in Damara land with four cakes of tobacco. A Damara buyer questions the magic of two plus two equaling four and reconsiders the deal, wary of abstract mathematics guiding live-bargain prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Galton
Damara
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Teething Children
A traditional advert promises Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup relieves night distress from a teething child. It claims to cure dysentery and diarrhoea, regulate the stomach, ease wind colic, soften gums, reduce inflammation, and energize the system. Sold by druggists worldwide at 25 cents a bottle.
Agent Lacked Push But Laughs At Explosion Accident
A farmer recounts buying giant cartridges to clear stumpage near his barn. He lit a fuse as a salesman arrived to tout a washing machine and was blown aside when the stump exploded. The salesman fled the scene, sprouting slivers but escaping unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharp
Ife
Detroit Free Press
Johnny's List of Best Books Ends In a Whipping
Ola Simeon Sipples asked his fourteen year old son Johnny to write one hundred best books and the boy began with a string of sensational titles. The father struck the page with a rattan cane and erased the rest, leaving the list unfinished and the memory of the titles gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lubbock
Ola Simeon Sipples
Johnny
Nance
Jake
Blue-devil Dick
Squint-eyed
Bob
Love and Jealousy in a Lawyer's Lived Memoir
Leslie Randolph, a rising lawyer in C- with an unnamed hometown, recalls a tangled year of bachelorhood, friendship with Dr. Carlisle, and rivalrous affection for Miss Lindley and Nina Leighton. Jealousy drives comic mishaps at Jones and in social visits as both men fall for different women and vow lifelong friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Randolph
Miss Lindley
Brown Vs. Smith
Brown
Smith
Lindley
John Carlisle
Dr. Carlisle
Lee
Jack
Jones
Jack Carlisle
Miss Linley
Miss Lindly
Mr. Randolph
Mrs. Lindley
Carlisle
Willy
Leighton
Pitta
Oring
Lillie
Nina
Weill
Mise Leighton
Joe Carlisle
Lee Randolph
Lillie Leighton
Tee
Leightons
Thanks As Proper English In Place Of I Thank You
The New York Journal of Commerce defends the use of Thanks as proper English and not slang. It cites Shakespeare and other plays where Thanks appears in polite address, arguing the phrase is time honored and acceptable in conversation and print.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal of Commerce
Journal
Shakespeare
Sebastian
Antonio
Isabel
Claudio
Escalus
Provost
Egeus
Norfolk
Montgomery
Somerset
Clarence
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A Harter
Millheim, PA
Stover
Madisonburg, Pa
Esnyder
Penn Street
D. John. Harter
Practical
Methodist Church
Millheim PA
D. Geo. L. Lee
W- Pagd
Woopwar
O. Delininger
Journal Office
W J. Springer
Millheim Banking House
George L. Springer
Main & North Streets
Millheim
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Attorneys-at-Law
Bellefonte, Pa
Woodings Building
D. H. Hastings
W. F. Reeder
Res & Reeder
Allegheny Street
Yocum & Hastings
J C. Meyer
Bellefonte PA
Hoy
C. Heinle
Centre County
J A. Beaver
J. W. Gephart
Ae & Gephart
Alleghany Street
High Street
Rockerhoff
Allegheny ST
C. G. McMillen
Y . Bishop Street
Emanuel Brown
Go BN
Main
Jay Streets
Lock Haven
Ile
Jubbulpore
Banden Singh
Dboden Singh
Salaam
Lucknow
Colin Campbell
Cawnpore
Rachel and
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